Remarkably, it has been ten years since June 2015 when we relocated from downtown Kitchener to our first homestead in Howick County. After enjoying a long and rewarding career in education, Paul and I chose to embrace rural life. In the years that followed, we built a working farm complete with livestock, an orchard, gardens, and a flourishing farm business. Farming suited us so well that we quickly outgrew our land, prompting us to move to a larger property. We were fortunat

It's difficult to believe that another year on the farm has gone by, and it hasn't been without incident.

July Dealing with my shoulder slowed things down a bit for us but we were able to keep up with things without tackling many new jobs. We...

The past year has been a busy one at Fallen Branch Farm. It must have been since I haven't had a chance to post anything since last...

Well it's a Sunday morning in November and I'm finally sitting down able to take time to relax a bit. The last ten months have continued...

Things have been pretty busy over the last 9 months since my last post. That's an understatement! As you know, we sold our home last...

The past few months have been marked by changes which will continue throughout the summer and fall. In February my father suffered a fall...

I know that we're not alone in being glad to see the end of 2020. It has definitely been a year of challenges in many ways. Yet, for...

After a particularly rough fall, having dealt with two knee surgeries, sick animals, and the loss of animals, we thought that we might be...

I've been hesitating to write this blog as the fall has been particularly difficult this year at Fallen Branch Farm. Normally, we are...

It's a cold, rainy October day and I'm sitting on the couch thinking about what's been going on at the farm and in our lives over the...

With only a couple days remaining in spring I started recalling all we have been through over the last few months. To sum it up - "lots...

More signs of spring are arriving everyday. The sun is stronger. The days are getting longer. The goats are shedding. The bees are...

Well, what a month! Everyone was battling with record cold temperatures in January, us included. Living in snow belt country definitely...

Well, the snow squalls have subsided for now. Winter has finally settled in. After finishing the morning chores, we're sitting in the...

We're finally settling down by the wood stove on a Sunday afternoon after having been to visit our parents and coming home to finish our...

The temperatures have finally fallen. The nights are better for sleeping, the animals are more relaxed, and canning season is drawing to...

I'm sitting on our front porch looking over the pond, lambs grazing, and listening to the gentle bleating of lambs and goats as I blog...

Relaxing in the heat! Chilling in the shade. The pond is finally in. A cooling nibble. Still waiting to try this out! The flock is...

Our second little lamb, Lily, arrived May 4. If you remember, that was the day of the wild wind storm in southern Ontario. Of course,...